The skyrocketing price for prescription drugs is forcing some low income families and seniors to choose food and shelter over the drugs they need.
That's just part of what a new state report on drug prices is saying as lawmakers prepare for next year's legislative session.
The report was released by Lt. Governor Dianne Primavera on Thursday. It looks at transparency in the way drugs are priced and how patent protections and other regulations have Americans paying more for drugs than ever before.
The Lt Governor says recent polling suggests Colorado voters want the state to act on this issue because they are tired of waiting on Washington to do something.
Catherine Murray Hill appeared at the Lt. Governor's Capitol press conference. She has MS and after her husband retired, she found the cost for her medications would be running as high at $7,000 dollars a month. She quit her drugs and now her MS has advanced to the point where she has trouble walking or standing.